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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
Charting instruments
Compasses
Course, speed and distance indicators
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Adjusting pin
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aerospace transport: aircraft: flying boat
aerospace transport: airship
Aircraft sextant
Air sextant
Alidade
Alidade ?
Artificial horizon
Autocarta
Azimuth angle sight
Azimuth circle
Azimuth Circle
Azimuth circle box
Azimuth compass
Backstaff, crossbow
barometer, barocyclometer, barocyclonometer
barometer, barocyclonometer
Battery holder
Bearing Plate
binnacle
Binnacle and liquid compass
Binnacle part
Binoculars
Boat's liquid compass
Boat's liquid compass and binnacle
Boat cover
Box, sextant
Box for the current meter - underwater indicator
Bubble Sextant
Bubble sextant, electric
Bubble Sextant lightbulb
Bubble Sextant spare eyepiece unit
Bulbs
Buoyancy Bag
Cables
Cap
case, telescope
Case part
Celestial navigational globe
Celestial navigational globe box
Centreboard
Chart
Chock
clock, zig zag
clothing, headwear: uniform: cap
Coil of wires
Coil of wires - aircraft compass
Colliograph
Compass
Compass, repeater
Compass, repeater - aircraft compass
Compass and binnacle
Compass board part
Compass card
Compass master unit
Compass master unit mount
Control indicator
Converter unit
Converter unit - aircraft compass
Crossbow quadrant
Crown compass
Current Meter
Current meter - indicator unit
Current meter - underwater indicator
data processing t&e: computing instrument: recorder, heel & trim
data processing t&e: computing instrument: rule, slide
Deck table
deck table
Dial board part
Dip sector
Distance meter
documentary artifact: globe, celestial: globe, star
Double sextant
drafting t&e: rule, parallel
drafting t&e: station pointer
Dry Compass Card
Dry compass card box
Dry recording paper
Echo sounder
Echosounder
Eyepiece
Figurehead
furniture, relic: chair, deck
furniture, relic: table, deck
Garden chair
Garden table
Glass plate negative
Globe gores
gyrocompass
Heel and trim recorder
Hood for the miniature master compass
Horizon equipment dip
Hull
Instrument for Measuring the Dip of the Horizo
Instrument for Measuring the Dip of the Horizon
International Cadet Class
Jib sail
Key
Lamp attachment
Lamp attachment - aircraft compass
Lead line
Lead traveller
Liquid compass
Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass - aircraft compass
Liquid compass and binnacle
Liquid compass and binnacle - submarine
Liquid compass magnifying glass
mag-gyrocompass
Mag-Gyrocompass - Aircraft Compass
Magnifying glass
Main sail
Manual
Map
Marine chronometer
Marine radar
Marine radar - AP105831 Transmitter/Receiver Unit Radar
Marine radar - control indicator
Marine radar - Displa
Marine radar - Display unit
Marine radar - Power Unit
Marine radar - transmitter unit
Mast
Master compass
Master compass and binnacle
Master Unit
Metal framework
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid: barometer, barocyclometer
Meter, marine distance
Microphone for echo sounder
Motor
Motor? holder
Naval telescope
Navigational globe
Navigational globe altitude circles
Navigational globe box base
Navigational globe box lid
Navigational globe frame
Navigational globe part
Navigational globe pointer
Notices To Mariners
Notices to Mariners
NOT SIGHTED Marine radar - Power Unit
Oars/ Paddle
Octant
Octant box
Octant box key
Octant box lock
Octant horizon glass
Octant pencil
Octant sight vane
Octant sight vane washer
Octant with Artificial Horizon
original art: picture, marquetry
Paget angle sextant
Paget ngle sextant
Paper roll
Parallel rule
Parts for the current meter - underwater indicator
Path indicator
Path Indicator
Path indicator and binnacle
Pencil
Picture
Plotting Grid
Pointer
Pole
Power Transmission Unit
Power transmission unit
Print
Printing press
Printing press handle
printing t&e: press, printing
Protractor
Quintant
quintant
Racing Dinghy
Racing Dinghy; International Cadet Class
Radar display unit
Radar plotter
Radio plotter
Ralston stability indicator
Rangefinder
Record Annotator
Recorder Unit
Recorder unit
Record Unit
Reflecting Circle
refracting telescope
Resistance unit
Resistance unit - aircraft compass
Rod for the current meter - underwater indicator
Rope for the current meter - underwater indicator
Rotary transformer
Rotary transformer - aircraft compass
Rudder
Sail Baton
scale, fathom
Sextant
sextant
sextant, bubble
Sextant, electric
Sextant, electric ?
Sextant accessory
Sextant adjusting pin
Sextant box
Sextant Box
Sextant box key
Sextant eyepiece
Sextant magnifying glass
Sextant oil bottle
Sextant shaded eyepiece
Sextant sight tube
Sextant Stand
Sextant telescope
Ship Model
Sight tube
Slide rule
Sounding lead and line
Sounding Quintant
Sounding quintant
Sounding Sextant
sounding sextant
Sounding tube
Spars: Boom
Stand, sextant
Star plotter
Station Pointer
Station pointer
Submarine liquid compass and binnacle
Supply panel
Supply panel - aircraft compass
surveying & navigational t&e: alidade
surveying & navigational t&e: angle sight, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: artificial horizon
surveying & navigational t&e: bearing plate
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle(liquid compass)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: card, spider: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: circle, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: circle, reflecting
surveying & navigational t&e: compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, repeater
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, airship: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mag-gyro
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, marching: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, submarine liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, master(Holmes)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, overhead: compass, crown
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, small craft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, steering: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, yacht: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: line, lead
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: scale, fathom(vin H)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: sounder, echo(Part of equipment)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: sounder, echo(portable survey type)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: sounder, echo(recording)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: traveller, lead(for Kelvin Sounding Machine)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: tube, sounding(set of 10)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: tube, sounding(set of 12)
surveying & navigational t&e: dip, horizon equipment
surveying & navigational t&e: meter, distance
surveying & navigational t&e: meter, distance(prototype)
surveying & navigational t&e: oceanographic instrument: meter, current
surveying & navigational t&e: octant
surveying & navigational t&e: path indicator(Holmes)
surveying & navigational t&e: plotting instrument: plotter, radar
surveying & navigational t&e: plotting instrument: plotter, radio
surveying & navigational t&e: plotting instrument: plotter, star
surveying & navigational t&e: radar equipment, marine: radar, marine
surveying & navigational t&e: radar equipment, marine: radar, marine(radar 18/12)
surveying & navigational t&e: rangefinder
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant(instrument for finding index error)
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, box
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, bubble
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, paget angle
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, sounding: sextant, double
surveying & navigational t&e: stability indicator, Ralston
surveying & navigational t&e: stand, sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: tele-compass
surveying & navigational t&e: worm gearing
Surveyor's Sextant
Tachometer
Technical drawing
Telescope
telescope
Tiller
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(2 day)
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(8 day)
Transducer
Transducer Spindle
Transducer spindle
Transponder
Trisponder
Trisponder dataprinter
Visor for radar
water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel ?
water transport: steam vessel: steamer, paddle
water transport accessory: binnacle
water transport accessory: figurehead(full length)
Weather Chart
Worm Gearing for Correcting Magnets
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Bakelite / Phenol Formaldehyde (PF)
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blueprint
bone
brass
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canvas
card
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cast iron
celluloid
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cork
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electrical wire
electrical wire?
electrical wiring
electric wire
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etching
fabric
felt
felt textile pads
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inorganic: mica
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leather
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lithograph
lithograph, coloured
magnet
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metal: aluminium
metal: brass
metal: brass, anodised
metal: chrome
metal: copper
metal: iron, cast
metal: silver
metal: steel
metal: zinc alloy
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organic: ivory
organic: paper
organic: pigskin
organic: wood: plywood
paint
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plastic;
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polished white metal
printed lithography
printed paper
radioactive
rope
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silk
silk thread
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sponge
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synthetic: ivorine
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synthetic: perspex
synthetic: plastic
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wood: boxwood
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Aitken, H.
Algue, Jose
Blacker, Capt
C. F. Robinson & Co.
Clift, E. H.
Coney, John
Creagh-Osborne, F. O.
Davies & Company
Dyck, Anthony van
Earnshaw, Thomas
F. C. Gould & Son
Field, M B
Gilks, Thomas
Hammond, W J, & Co
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Henry Hughes & Son Ltd
Hilton, William
HM Admiralty
Holmes
Holt, Jack
Hughes
Hughes & Kimber Ltd
Hughes & Sterling
Hughes, A
Hughes, George
Hughes, H
Hughes, H. Lorys
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Hughes, J
Hughes, James
Hughes, Joseph
Hughes, Neil
Hughes, R J
Hughes, S G
Hughes, W. M. E.
Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Company Ltd
Jack Holt; W.M.E. Hughes
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Kitchin, F A L
Lackington, Hughes, Harding & Mavor
Lockrington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones
Lockyer, Hughes C.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
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Meyer, Henry
Musgrave, P.C.
Navigators and Engineer Officers Union
Paget
Parker, S.
Ralston, Shirley Brooks
Rodius, Charles
Scriven, Edward
Taylor, Janet
The Ontario Hughes Owens Co. Ltd
Thomson, William
Tomkins, Charles
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Eddy K2279 fl.1960
Enchantress 1903 (SY)
Fearless (1886)
Friar Tuck 1856
Glen Gower (1922)
Ocean Monarch (ex Empress of England)
R 100
Rainbow Warrior 1955
Royalo fl.1940
Strathlairg
Triumph (1944)
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Alexander, G. H.
Dare, Joseph Stafford
Drake, Francis
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J. Dunn & Sons
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Kew Observatory
Kitchin, F A L (Instructor)
Kitchin, F A L (Naval Instructor)
Leyland Line
Nelson, Horatio
Pemberton, E L
Pilkington, Arthur Redman
Ship City of Benares Co Ltd, (G Smith & Sons)
Thomson, William
Wigzell, Eustace Ernest
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Celestial navigational globe (Pointer)
Celestial navigational globe (Pointer)
Celestial navigational globe (Pointer)
North Atlantic Weather Chart specially prepared for and issued by the Navigators and Engineer Officers Union, 78, Leadenhall Street, London EC3, for the use of its Members (Chart)
Current meter - indicator unit
Azimuth Circle
Bearing Plate
North America Newfoundland east coast Motion Hd to Flat Rock shewing the approaches to St John's Hr surveyedby Lieutenant Hughes C Lockyer RN assisted by [...] under the order of Commodore the honble Maurice A Bourke HMS Cordelia 1897 (Chart)
North America Newfoundland east coast Bay Bulls surveyed by Lieutenant Hughes C Lockyer RN assisted by [...] under the orders of Commodore the hoble M A Bourke HMS Courdelia 1898 (Chart)
North America Newfoundlan east coasr White Bay western or hauling arm surveyed by Lieutenant Hughes C Lockyer RN HMS Cordelia 1897 (Chart)
Gallipoli Peninsular (Map)
Lagos enlarged from a Portuguese plan. (Chart)
North Atlantic Weather Chart specially prepared for and issued by the Navigators and Engineer Officers Union, 78, Leadenhall Street, London EC3, for the use of its Members (Weather Chart)
Kelvin Hughes tracings for Admiralty notices to mariners weekly edition no. 43 30th October 1982 (Notices To Mariners)
Gallipoli Peninsula (Map)
Parts for the current meter - underwater indicator
Rope for the current meter - underwater indicator
Azimuth circle box
Kelvin Hughes tracings for Admiralty notices to mariners, weekly edition no. 4. 29th January, 1972 (Notices to Mariners)
City of Benares (1882) (Glass plate negative)
Dunblane (1878) (Glass plate negative)
City of Benares (1882) (Glass plate negative)
Marine radar - Display unit
Marine radar - Power Unit
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